Speaker
Leron Borsten
(Dublin Institute for Advanced Studies)
Description
We will begin with an introduction to the emerging paradigm of “gravity=gauge x gauge”. Then, using a field-theoretic incarnation of this notion, we will demonstrate how that the “square” of an Abelian D=6, N=(2,0) theory yields the free D=6, N=(4,0) theory constructed by Hull, together with its generalized (super)gauge transformations. This offers a new perspective on the (4,0) theory and chiral theories of conformal gravity more generally, while at the same time extending the domain of the “gravity=gauge×gauge” paradigm. We will conclude with some related speculations on gravitational dualities.
Author
Leron Borsten
(Dublin Institute for Advanced Studies)
